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Acrosanthes

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales > Family: Aizoaceae > Subfamily: Aizooideae

The 5 species are endemic to the Western Cape.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Acrosanthes anceps 

 

Acrosanthes angustifolia

 

Acrosanthes humifusa

 

Acrosanthes microphylla

 

Acrosanthes teretifolia

 

 


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